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<blockquote data-quote="pickin_grinnin" data-source="post: 5977236" data-attributes="member: 6697674">DND Next&gt;Will you be happy if the game is &gt;popular, even if it's not one you'd &gt;want to play?&nbsp;It doesn't really matter to me.&nbsp; If it's popular, good for them.&nbsp; If it isn't, they probably didn't do a good job with it.&gt;Will you be willing to give it a &gt;try to support the D&amp;D brand I quit buying things to &quot;support a brand&quot; a very long time ago.&nbsp; When it comes out, I'll take a look at it.&nbsp; If it looks like something I'd play, I'll buy it.&nbsp; If not, I won't.&nbsp; 4e really hacked me off - WoTC has to work to win me back as a customer.&nbsp;&gt;Do you trust that the game designers &gt;are people who love gaming, who&nbsp; want &gt;to help others have fun, and who are trying &gt;to make a game that&nbsp; best encapsulates &gt;what they think the audience wants D&amp;D to be?Sure. That doesn't mean they will be successful, though.&nbsp; Time will tell.&nbsp;&gt;Do you think that the benefits of &gt;having Hasbro's infrastructure to help&nbsp; &gt;market, distribute, and sell the game &gt;outweigh whatever limitations&nbsp; might &gt;be passed down from a corporate level?Marketing can't make a bad game good.&nbsp; Corporate meddling can make a good game bad, though.&nbsp;&gt;Will you not begrudge your fellow &gt;gamers if they have different tastes than you?I don't care what others think about a game.&nbsp; If they find something they like, more power to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pickin_grinnin, post: 5977236, member: 6697674"] [b]DND Next[/b] >Will you be happy if the game is >popular, even if it's not one you'd >want to play? It doesn't really matter to me. If it's popular, good for them. If it isn't, they probably didn't do a good job with it. >Will you be willing to give it a >try to support the D&D brand I quit buying things to "support a brand" a very long time ago. When it comes out, I'll take a look at it. If it looks like something I'd play, I'll buy it. If not, I won't. 4e really hacked me off - WoTC has to work to win me back as a customer. >Do you trust that the game designers >are people who love gaming, who want >to help others have fun, and who are trying >to make a game that best encapsulates >what they think the audience wants D&D to be? Sure. That doesn't mean they will be successful, though. Time will tell. >Do you think that the benefits of >having Hasbro's infrastructure to help >market, distribute, and sell the game >outweigh whatever limitations might >be passed down from a corporate level? Marketing can't make a bad game good. Corporate meddling can make a good game bad, though. >Will you not begrudge your fellow >gamers if they have different tastes than you? I don't care what others think about a game. If they find something they like, more power to them. [/QUOTE]

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